SEEKING BALANCE IN NEW PAIN-PILL LAW

New York state is grappling with the diversion of pain medicines that are taken illegally without appropriate medical supervision, a recipe for addiction and unintended deaths due to overdose. Finally, among all the hysteria in the press about these valuable medicines, Ms. Carney writes an article wherein the balance between trying to curtail illicit use of these analgesic and their legitimate usage by people living with grinding chronic pain is a welcome addition to the burgeoning debate about these medicines. Carney’s article can be read @ http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/carney-seek-balance-in-a-new-pain-pill-law-1.3751226